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Jenna Sarvaideo, DO

Associate Professor

Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Endocrinology

Languages

  • English

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General Interests

Andropause, Health Services for Transgender Persons, Hypogonadism, Klinefelter Syndrome, Menopause, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Turner Syndrome

Education

  • DO - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Biography

Jenna Sarvaideo, DO, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee VA. She specializes in female and male hormone conditions, including menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and hypogonadism. Dr. Sarvaideo is actively involved in clinical research, currently leading two projects on male hypogonadism at the VA.

She completed her endocrinology fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2017 and joined the Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine as an Assistant Professor the same year. She currently serves as the Director for the Endocrinology Fellowship Program and is a participant in the Clinical Research Scholars Program through the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeastern Wisconsin.

Dr. Sarvaideo is the principal investigator for two clinical trials involving oral and sublingual estradiol in transgender women and contributes to a quality improvement initiative at the MCW Inclusion Health Clinic. She is passionate about mentoring fellows, residents, and medical students, and was recognized with an Endocrine Society Summer Research Fellowship Award in 2019 and a MCW Research Affairs Committee grant in 2020.

She is actively engaged in several national and international medical societies, including the Endocrine Society, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), North American Menopause Society, and the Androgen Society. She also serves on the Endocrine Society’s Transgender Research and Medicine Special Interest Group (SIG) Steering Committee.

Education

  • BA, Art History and Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, 2008
  • DO, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, 2012

Leadership Positions

  • Director, Endocrinology Fellowship Program
  • Lead Reviewer, WPATH 26th Scientific Review Committee, 07/17/2020 – 08/03/2020

Research Areas of Interest

  • Hypogonadism

Research Experience

  • Transgender Persons

Clinical Expertise

  • Andropause
  • Health Services for Transgender Persons
  • Hypogonadism
  • Kallmann Syndrome
  • Klinefelter Syndrome
  • Menopause
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  • Turner Syndrome

Research Interests

Clinical Trials involving transgender women. Transgender medicine, male hypogonadism, menopause, PCOS, premature ovarian insufficiency, Turner Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome

09/2018 - Present, Sublingual Estradiol Versus Oral Estradiol in Transgender Women
Primary Aim. To establish the pharmacokinetics of sublingual estradiol versus oral estradiol in transgender women.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04036500

Current, Coagulation Activation and Fibrinolysis with Sublingual versus Oral Estradiol in Transgender Women
Primary Aim 1: To measure coagulation system activation and fibrinolysis following sublingual versus oral estradiol administration in transgender women.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier pending

Current, The Utility of Monitoring Potassium in Transgender Women on Spironolactone.

Publications